Today’s title comes from Dante’s Inferno, the words written upon the gates of hell. You may be feeling like that right now even if you have planned this NaNoWriMo novel to the teeth. It happens. If your fingers are still hammering away at the NaNoWriMo (and you haven’t given up), you have come thus farContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Tip #21: Abandon All Hope All Ye Who Enter Here”
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NaNoWriMo Tip #20: Write Blind
This blog is related to the blog post I wrote yesterday. Often when I write, I write whole chunks of text and then the Inner Critic Faerie pops in and tells me to change what I just wrote because it is unbecoming of my ability. I have to ignore that sometimes and just write onContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Tip #20: Write Blind”
NaNoWriMo Tip #12: The Regimen
It is necessary for any writer to write on a schedule, writing every day at least a little. If you are participating in the NaNoWriMo and do not stick to a regimen of writing, you will soon find yourself way behind the goals you have set for yourself. Peter Straub rises every morning, dresses in hisContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Tip #12: The Regimen”
NaNoWriMo Time Management Tip #1: Compartmentalizing
Today is the first day of NaNoWriMo, and even though I am not participating, I thought I would help out my fellow writers out there who are feverishly typing away to manage their time well. I write 1000 words a day even if I don’t feel like doing so. It is my daily regimen. IfContinue reading “NaNoWriMo Time Management Tip #1: Compartmentalizing”
Scrivener 2: Even More Bells and Whistles
As most of you know, I write long form texts on Scrivener because it is probably, in my opinion, the best word processor software a novelist could ever use. A few days ago, I updated to Scrivener 2 and found several features that were even better than the original. 1. Exporting to OpenOffice and WordContinue reading “Scrivener 2: Even More Bells and Whistles”
How to Write Using an Extended Metaphor
Today is a good day for a writing exercise. This one is tough, and will really work your mental muscle, so sit down, hold on and get ready to write like you may never have written before. This will work best if you can share ideas with a partner, so find someone to doContinue reading “How to Write Using an Extended Metaphor”
Use of “Like” and How To Remove
The first critique is back from one of my proof-readers, and they loved it for all the reasons I wanted them to love it, but their only complaint was that I used the “like” simile so much that it became cumbersome and broke up the flow. It seems that I use like followed by a simileContinue reading “Use of “Like” and How To Remove”
How to Use Slang When Writing Dialogue
I wrote 5000 words like a boss yesterday and it only took me two hours to bang it out! The U.S. of After, the first part of my new novel This Broken Earth arrives in digital book stores on August 1st, and I’m nearing the completion of the first draft. Each chapter of the novel isContinue reading “How to Use Slang When Writing Dialogue”
Scrivener Addict: Why I Won’t Go Back To Word for Novel Writing
I really can’t remember why or how I found out about Scrivener, or as I like to call it “The Novelist’s Friend”. I downloaded it back in December of 2011 and use it every day. Many of my friends who really know me look at me with raised eyebrows and crooked mouths when I mentionContinue reading “Scrivener Addict: Why I Won’t Go Back To Word for Novel Writing”
Writing Is Hard Work 